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Table 1 Demographic statistics of respondents with a surveillance preference using a hypothetical scenario of being at intermediate risk for CRC (n = 490)

From: Using a hypothetical scenario to assess public preferences for colorectal surveillance following screening-detected, intermediate-risk adenomas: annual home-based stool test vs. triennial colonoscopy

 

All participants

Prefer colonoscopy

Prefer a home-based stool testa

No preference

p-value

 

(n = 490)b

% (n = 152)

[95 % CI]

% (n = 298)

[95 % CI]

% (n = 40)

[95 % CI]

 

Gender

       

.011

 Male

(n = 220)

35.9 (79)

[29.7, 42.4]

53.6 (118)

[47.0, 60.1]

10.5 (23)

[7.1, 15.2]

 

 Female

(n = 270)

27.0 (73)

[22.1, 32.6]

66.7 (180)

[60.8, 72.0]

6.3 (17)

[4.0, 9.9]

 

Ethnicity

       

.151

 White-British

(n = 432)

29.4 (127)

[25.3, 33.9]

62.0 (268)

[57.4, 66.5]

8.6 (37)

[6.3, 11.6]

 

 Non-White British

(n = 49)

42.9 (21)

[30.0, 56.7]

51.0 (25)

[37.5, 64.4]

6.1 (3)

[2.1, 16.5]

 

Employment status

       

.960

 Employed

(n = 426)

31.7 (135)

[27.5, 36.3]

60.3 (257)

[55.6, 64.9]

8.0 (34)

[5.8, 10.9]

 

 Not employed/retired

(n = 34)

29.4 (10)

[16.8, 46.2]

64.7 (22)

[47.9, 78.5]

5.9 (2)

[1.6, 19.1]

 

Highest level of education

       

.064

 High education

(n = 151)

27.8 (42)

[21.3, 35.4]

61.6 (93)

[53.6, 69.0]

10.6 (16)

[6.6, 16.5]

 

 Medium education

(n = 234)

27.8 (65)

[22.4, 33.8]

64.5 (151)

[58.2, 70.4]

7.7 (18)

[4.9, 11.8]

 

 Low education

(n = 24)

54.2 (13)

[35.1, 72.1]

45.8 (11)

[27.9, 64.9]

0.0 (0)

[0.0, 13.8]

 

Indirect CRC experience

       

.477

 Knows someone with bowel cancer

(n = 247)

29.6 (73)

[24.2, 35.5]

63.2 (156)

[57.0, 68.9]

7.3 (18)

[4.7, 11.2]

 

 Does not know someone with bowel cancer

(n = 234)

32.5 (76)

[26.8, 38.7]

58.1 (136)

[51.7, 64.3]

9.4 (22)

[6.3, 13.8]

 
  1. aThe home-based stool test was comparable to FIT
  2. bn varies because of missing data